Create a New Project

This guide walks you through the essential steps to create a project in the Data Catalog. Creating a project is simple and flexible and all users can create projects.

Tip

Keep in mind that you can update the project metadata at any time.

Step 1: Navigate to the Project List Page

  • Click the Projects button on the Data Catalog welcome page

    or

  • Use the Projects tab located at the top of any page.

Both options will take you to the Project List page, where you can browse, or create a new project.

Step 2: Add a New Project

On the Project List page, click the Add a new project button located right below the Search bar.

Step 3: Fill in Project Metadata

Complete all the required fields marked with *:

  • Project Title (*)

  • Project Description (*)

  • Access Rights (*)

  • Principal Investigator (PI) (*)

Final Step: Complete Project Creation

Click Create project at the bottom of the page to complete the process.



Project Creation

Project Creation


Note

Some fields on the project creation page are automatically generated by the system, such as Project Identifier, Date Created, Project Creator, Project Status, and Access Rights. Some of these fields cannot be edited.


Access Rights and Visibility

Projects have two access rights settings:

  • BRIGHT-visible:

    • Project metadata is visible (read-only) to all BRIGHT employees. However, visibility of datasets depends on each dataset’s individual access rights.

  • Restricted:

    • The project is completely hidden to all BRIGHT employees, except from users who have been explicitly granted permissions.

➣ By default, projects are set to BRIGHT-visible, but you can change the access rights when creating or editing a project.

Understanding how access rights affect visibility is important for collaboration:

Note

Users without assigned permissions (see: Manage Projects User Permissions) follow the project access rights:

→ For BRIGHT-visible projects: Metadata is visible (read-only) to all BRIGHT employees

→ For Restricted projects: Project is completely hidden

Add Datasets to Project

Once you have created the project, you can create a new dataset from the Datasets tab, and it will be automatically added to the project.
You can also add additional existing datasets from the same Datasets tab on the project home page. This helps you associate the project with other datasets that are relevant to your research.

To add another dataset to a project:

  1. Click the Datasets tab on the project home page

  2. Select the dataset you want to add from the list

  3. Click Link to complete the process

To remove the relationship:

  • Click Unlink, and the dataset will be removed

Note

To add a dataset to a project, two conditions must be met:

→ You must have the Can Add Datasets permission on the project you want to add the dataset to
→ You must have access to the dataset (either Bright-visible or through a dataset user permission, if it is restricted)

If either of these is missing, you will not be able to proceed.


Add Datasets to Project

Add Datasets to Project

Note

This relationship also appears under the Projects tab on the dataset home page.